Archive for February 2020
Loretto’s Changing Habits
By Susanna Pyatt Come to the Heritage Center to check out our latest museum update! We’ve added a digital interactive about the history of the habit of the Sisters of…
Read MoreLoretto Respects the Nearer and Farther Neighbor
Respect for all. That’s the Loretto way. We are all God’s children. We reach out to our neighbors near and far and welcome all to our table. Loretto’s constitutions state,…
Read MoreReflection: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Bishop John Shelby Spong, an Episcopalian bishop, tells of an incident he encountered one Sunday morning. He had gone to visit one of the parishes in his jurisdiction. There were…
Read MoreLoretto Motherhouse hosts “Bernheim Under Threat Roadshow”
The Loretto Community will host the “Bernheim Under Threat Roadshow” from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, in the Conference Room at Loretto Motherhouse, 515 Nerinx Road in Nerinx,…
Read MoreLoretto Chooses Love
“Love one another, have only one heart, one soul, one mind,” reads a line from the Morning Manna once recited by Loretto sisters at the end of Mass. Now all…
Read MoreReflection: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s readings, words of our Scriptures allow us to focus on two images, one from the prophet Isaiah, and, centuries later, the other from Jesus. Light and salt. It’s…
Read MoreBe A Loretto Volunteer!
Loretto Volunteers extend the Loretto Community’s outreach to those most in need through their service at immigrant and refugee advocacy organizations, health clinics, shelters for folks experiencing homelessness, food pantries,…
Read MoreLeslee Moore Joins Interchange Editorial Staff
Words have been a part of my life since long before I could read them. My parents were avid readers, and their love of the written word seems to be part…
Read MoreOrganizations Receive Non-Emergency Loretto Special Needs Grants
The Loretto Special Needs Committee has concluded its 2019 distribution of funds for long-range social change projects. Grants are solicited twice a calendar year, on Feb. 15 and Oct. 15,…
Read MoreMoney and Justice/Just Money
About 20 Loretto Community members and friends met Nov. 9, 2019, with Joel Koerner and Andy Loving from a Louisville, Ky., investment firm called Just Money. We had learned about…
Read MoreWhat Is Emerging?
By Mary Ellen McElroy and Cathy Mueller In the December 2019 issue of Interchange the Emerging Forms Committee invited us to enter into that deeper state of consciousness so that…
Read MoreLoretto’s New Volunteer Program Director is Annie Rosenkranz
Following a national search that produced a large number of applications from experienced and dedicated candidates, we have selected Annie Rosenkranz to serve as the next Loretto Volunteer Program Director.…
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